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Pardon me if this has been covered before. The paint on my side mirrors is terrible. Peeling and chipping. (I do have 108K miles on my 2009 Journey). I want to finally get it repainted, but 75% of the work is the labor in removing and replacing the side mirrors. Can anyone outline the steps in how to remove and replace the mirrors in the Journey SXT? John

They are super expensive. I'm half tempted to order another 4 tires and store them away.

Hey guys, I needed tires recently. I have 49,000 miles on my Journey and the tread wear to prove it. So, when my dealership told me $1098 to replace, mount and balance 4 new tires I balked. I found this place on line. www.tireteam.com They sold me the exact same tire I needed (direct OEM replacement) for $103 a tire. Shipping came out to $55 for me. I ordered at 2 PM on Tuesday, and the tires arrived at my door (I'm in IL, they shipped from Maryland) by the time I got home from work on Thursday. http://www.tireteam.com/Tires/Kumho/Solus+...?&ref=GBASE I went to a local mom and pop tire store, so it cost me $83 to have the tires installed. All in all I paid $463 for the tires give or take, and $83 for mounting. Totalling $546, almost exactly half of the cost the dealership quoted me.

Received this message today:

So, I've just passed 10,000 miles and for the last week or two I've noticed a problem developing. At 70+mph I hear a rattling in the center stack. It feels as if the trim around the radio is a bit loose. It rattles at highway speeds. I know its the source of the sound because if I hold it in place with my hand, the sound goes away. I hope to get into the dealership this week to get it tightened down. Will keep the board posted with the service etc. John

Should hit 9000 miles on the commute home today. Not a single issue yet.

I am going to check into this more. Does anyone know if the air filter for the Journey is the same size as the air filter for the 3.5L V6 Avenger. It appears to be the same shape, but I haven't gotten out the ruler to check dimensions. I'm almost at 9000 miles on the Journey and need to replace mine soon. John

Rob, Passed 8000 miles today. What are you at? John

I've noticed that my warning light comes on at 44 miles until empty on the DTE display. When I go below 30 miles until Empty, the display simply reads Low Fuel and flashes at me. john

The thing is, my wife and I hadn't even used the chill zone. In my model it only keeps the cans cold if you have the A.C. running. It won't really chill a can from room temp. My wife put the cans in there a week after we bought a car because it was neat to have 2 cans in there for display when showing off the car to family and friends. So I totally forgot the cans were in there. Yesterday it was about 90 degrees, car parked in the sun and, well the rest is history. No big stains or, the YES ESSENTIALS seats did their job and the few drips that did get on the seats beaded right up and wiped right off. John

Today I had a not so nice surprise. I made a left turn and to my dismay a bunch of liquid started to slush out of the "chill zone" above the glove compartment. It turns out that a Coke can my wife left in there exploded due to the heat in the cabin. I was parked in the sunlight and the car warmed up. It leaked onto the floor, center console, lower glove compartment etc. It luckily cleaned up well, but was not a welcome occurance. So, lesson to be learned; Don't leave cans of pop in the Chill Zone unless you are planning on drinking them on a road trip.

It's a shame its not here in the U.S. I'd love one of those signs for my Journey. John

Ok, this is the best advertising campaign ever. Check out www.babymadeonboard.be Looks like Dodge Dealers in Belgium are selling the Journey on its spacious backseat room. Their advertising campaing roughly translates into "Become a Father, Stay a Man." I can't read the language that well, but it appears as if you buy a Journey on the day it debuts, then have a baby exactly 9 months from the debut date, you'll win the Journey for free. Can anyone translate?

aprx 3105 miles... I don't know if this is really a contest I want to be leading...but cool.

I'm just curious who is rolling up the most miles on their Journey? I am about to head home this afternoon and will pass 6100 miles this afternoon. Anyone on par with this? As some background, I'm in sales. I'm actually travelling every week between Chicago-land and Detroit, MI. So, I'm racking up a ton of highway miles (at least 630 a week just for my 'commute') John

I've put nearly 6000 miles on my Journey in two months (I work out of Detroit, but live in the Chicago area...go figure...luckily my work is paying for my car.) I have to say, the Journey is the most versatile, smoothest riding car I've ever owned. Its fantastic. Its not perfect, and yes, the instruments look like they're straight out of a Dodge Aires. But, its just a great, well made well thought out car. My family and I love it.

Not to mention they'd need to work with the storage area under the passenger seat (Is that in the SE?) That's why I'm glad I have the SXT with the Yes Essentials seats. Spilled some coke on the seat the other day and it beaded up and did nothing to the fabric.

I might be assuming too much, but have you hit the "reset" button for your MPG calculator. If not, you'll be averaging in all your previous driving. My caclucations are from gettign on the highway, resetting the button, and driving straight for 50-100-up to 250 miles or so. If you haven't hit the "reset" button on your MPG computer, 21.9 is probably spot on. My mileage drops off fast as soon as I leave the highway. John

So, today I was at a rest area at about 5700 miles. When I started up my car the "Change Oil" light finally came on. I have done a lot of highway miles (I've owned the car for less than 2 months) and am planning on throwing Mobil 1 in the engine and changing ever 6000 miles as per owners manual.

The real reason for an Engine cover is that it makes it more intimidating to work on your own car. The high end makers did this first. The car "looks" more advanced with the Engine cover, yet what really happens is that by looking more advanced, people assume that their dealer will know best how to repair it. Its mostly psychological. Heck, you can't even replace the battery on the Journey on your own...they hide it in a wheel well.

I'm averaging above 24 MPG with my V6 AWD Journey. I'm doing about 65-70 on the highway. This is a repeat of another post, but i had a business trip up to Canada and while i had my cruise control pegged at 100 km/h (I wasn't going to get a speeding ticket in a foreign country) I hit 28.2 MPG avg on the EVIC. John

I have a V6 AWD and frequently get over 24-25 MPG when I drive around 67 mph. In fact yesterday I fueled up, reset the MPG meter and drove for an hour at 60 mph. I was amazed when the fuel computer displayed an average MPG of 28.2 MPG.

Have you found a big red bow?

So that's the mileage coming down the mountain, what did you get going up the mountain?

Nope, the basic SXT comes with only 4 speakers.